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Dena E Harris, MD
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430 West Broadway Suite 2A New York, NY 10024
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Dena E Harris, MD

Founder of SoHo OB/GYN in 1980, was born in Philadelphia, PA. She received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, graduating magna cum laude in 1972. She went to Hahnemann Medical College, named after Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathic medicine, where she received her M.D. in 1976. She did her internship and residency at N.Y.U. Medical Center, graduating in 1980. From 1980 to 1990, Dr. Harris maintained her affiliation with N.Y.U. Medical Center and N.Y.U. Downtown Hospital (then known as New York Infirmary Beekman Hospital). She became the Director of Quality Assurance of N.Y.U. Downtown Hospital and was awarded a Clinical Assistant Professorship at N.Y.U. Medical Center.

Dr. Harris was a pioneer in the early 1980s for being the first OB/GYN in the SoHo area and also one of the first women OB/GYN's in private practice in New York City. After becoming partners with Dr. Deborah Coady, in 1990 she co-founded SoHo OB/GYN womens healthcare center. A year later Dr. Harris saw the publication of the book she co-authored, Recovering from a Hysterectomy. In 1997 she joined St. Vincents Hospital and was awarded a Clinical Assistant Professorship at New York Medical College. Dr. Harris is currently affiliated with N.Y.U Medical Center, N.Y.U Downtown Hospital and St.Vincents Hospital. She is a fellow of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and was board certified in 1983. She has been named to the Top Doctors in New York and Americas Top Doctors. Dr Harris currently concentrates her general gynecology practice in menopause, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, uterine fibroids, minimally invasive surgery, adolescent gynecology and vulvar pain.

Dr. Harris lives in Manhattan with her husband Jude Quintiere, a pastry chef, and daughter.
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OBGYN

Education Case Western Reserve Univ Sch Of Med, Cleveland Oh 44106
Training Ny State Psych Inst, Psychiatry; Hartford Hosp, Internal Medicine
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430 West Broadway Suite 2A, New York, NY 10024
Services Dena E Harris, MD offers OBGYN services in New York, NY at 430 West Broadway Suite 2A, New York, NY 10024. Obstetricians & Gynecologists (OBGYN) specialize in female reproductive health issues as well as gynecological health issues.

To learn more about OBGYN services, or to make an appointment with SOHO OB/GYN in New York, NY, please call (212) 941-0011.
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Dr Harris is one of the most caring physicians I have ever met. She takes the time to listen and is fully focused on making sure you get better. I have been through 6 obgyn and it wasn't until dr Harris who diagnosed me with having pelvic dysfunction that I am slowly getting better. I highly recommend her.
by Randi xxx.xxx.70.4
August 06, 2016
Dr. Harris is amazing. I have had vulvar pain for almost THIRTY YEARS, on and off (mostly on for the past 20 years). And I am almost better now, after seeing her for the first time less than 6 months ago.

As background: I am not shy; I have discussed my problem over and over with gynecologists over the years. I have consistently asked for help, from MDs, GYN's, sex therapists, integrative medicine practitioners, naturopaths, homeopaths, and more. I have been told that I need to relax, that it's psychological; I've been told to do various exercises; I've ben told to do hormone therapy; etc. Sometimes I've been told to do a few of those things at once.

But no doctor, not one, has been really curious and scientific about getting to the bottom of my problem, with a series of lab tests and other investigative and therapeutic alternatives to explore. Yet Doctor Harris did that for me - and has gotten to the bottom of my seemingly intractible problem. And guess what - it wasn't psychological, I had a real reason for my pain.

At the end of the day, through her disciplined, thorough, questioning and exploring, we found that the heart of my problem was probably a relatively rare form of yeast infection - that doesn't show up on standard lab tests, only on specialized lab tests, so I had tested negative for years. (If my other doctors had even bothered to do the test.) The form I have is resistant to treatment but not impossible to treat. WIth disciplined, steady treatment of the yeast, (which was very likely the original cause of my pain), we then began "peeling back the onion" of my related problems: tight muscles, fear of intercourse, vaginal dryness/poor vaginal tissue quality (I'm now in in my mid 50's). So now we're treating the yeast, we're treating the tissue quality (through topical, bioidentical hormones), we're treating my libido (also through topical hormones) and we're treating my muscle tightness with physical therapy (yes, there are therapists who are trained to do this!) I can now have intercourse without pain, for the first time in almost 20 years.

And by the way, Dr. Harris follows up. And she emails. And she takes notes. And she doesn't forget anything. (Her office staff follows up too.) And while she's willing to do all the tests she thinks are necessary, she doesn't try to sell me extra services or do unnecessary testing. Yes, I usually have to wait for a while to see her during my scheduled appointments; but given what she's done for me, I just plan on the extra time. (If she's using that to help someone else the way she helped me, how can I begrudge the time?)

I wish there were more doctors who did this kind of work, with the thoroughness that Dr. Harris displays. I have a variety of other health issues and (unfortunately) have had to see a lot of doctors over the years, and there are few as thorough, careful, and caring as Dr. Harris.
by RoseJ xxx.xxx.210.3
March 12, 2013
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